Lessons from the failure of the Communist economic system

Authors:Ladislav Rusmich, Stephen M. Sachs

Summary:The authors offer a comprehensive and critical study that examines why neoliberal economic programs have experienced unexpected difficulties in Eastern Europe.

Print Book, English, 2004

Edition:New pbk. ed View all formats and editions

Publisher: Lexington Books, Lanham, 2004

Genre:History

Physical Description:xxiii, 380 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780739108468, 0739108468

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:63519086

Subjects:

Communist countries

Communist countries Economic conditions

Eastern Europe

Economic history

Europe de l'Est Conditions économiques

Europe, Eastern Economic conditions

Économie marxiste Histoire

History

Marxian economics

Marxian economics History

Pays socialistes Conditions économiques

Contents:

Part 1 A Costly Experience Chapter 2 What Was it that Failed and Why? Chapter 3 The Case of Czechoslovakia Chapter 4 Where it has Ended Up Concerning the Economy Part 5 The World Wide Lessons from the Failure Chapter 6 The Sources of Knowledge Chapter 7 The Behavior of Economic Subjects Chapter 8 The Market and Ownership Chapter 9 Economy and Power Chapter 10 Market Culture and Ethics Chapter 11 The Prospects for Development of the Economic System Part 12 The Economic Transformation of European Postcommunist Countries Chapter 13 The Legacy of Communism and the Beginning of Its Economic Transformation Chapter 14 The course and Problems of the Transformation Process Chapter 15 What to do?